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Prep Wrestling: Brush's Wyatt Pfau, Oswaldo Nunez take second at state

Brush wrestlers had 13-7 combined tourney record

By Paul Dineen

Special to the News-Tribune

Posted:
02/25/2019 07:54:57 PM MST

Wyatt Pfau of Brush shoots in for a takedown against Brock Johnson of Berthoud in the 170-pound weight division state semifinal. (Courtesy Tom Hillebrand / See It Again Photography)

Oswaldo Nunez was defeated, 8-7, by Nick Gallegos of Jefferson in the 152-pound state championship match. He finishes as the state runner-up in his weight class. (Courtesy Tom Hillebrand / See It Again Photography)

The Colorado wrestling state championship tournament was held Feb. 21 to 23 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The Brush Beetdiggers sent seven qualifiers, with four of those placing for a combined record of 13 wins and seven losses at state.

Defending state champion Wyatt Pfau (170 class) won his first three matches by fall in a combined time of only 6 minutes, 12 seconds. In the championship match, Pfau took Ty Garnhart (Eaton) to overtime, where Garnhart won by sudden-death victory (7-5), becoming the state runner-up at 3-1 for the tournament.

Nick Wellen (182 class, 4-2 for the tournament) fell to Fort Morgan's Brian Paxton in the first round; but he avenged that with a 9-5 decision over Paxton to finish fifth. Between those matches Wellen was busy, winning two matches by decision (over Swayde Noyes of Montezuma-Cortez and Benny Austin Gonzales of La Junta) and winning one by fall (over James Sharp of Englewood). Those were followed by a loss by decision to Davis Ward (Eagle Valley) before his win over Paxton.

In the 152 class, Oswaldo Nunez won his first three matches, two by decision over Brent Gray (Olathe) and Matthew Broughton (Montezuma-Cortez) and the third win after 4:15 by fall over Tristan Eskridge (Skyview). Nunez finished as state runner-up after Nick Gallegos (Jefferson) won their title match by 8-7 decision.

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Thomas Mettlen (195 class) finished in the state top six, with three wins (one by fall, one by decision, one by major decision) against three losses (all by fall).

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